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Periodical article |
Title: | Islam and development: Opportunities and constraints for Somali women |
Author: | Ahmed, S. |
Year: | 1999 |
Periodical: | Gender and Development |
Volume: | 7 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 69-72 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Somalia |
Subjects: | revival & reform gender |
Abstract: | Economic and social crisis can force communities to seek refuge in religious faith; in such situations, communities become more susceptible to the influence of groups which use religious beliefs as a means to gain power. Sadia Ahmed describes the effects on women's lives of the rise of Islamic extremism in Somalia since the early 1990s. [Abstract Journal] |